mātou

See also: matou, mǎtou, and mǎtóu

Māori

Etymology

Compare Hawaiian mākou.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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  1. First person plural exclusive
    we (we, but not you)

See also

Māori personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au, ahau māua (exclusive)
tāua (inclusive)
mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person koe kōrua koutou
3rd person ia rāua rātou

Further reading

  • mātou” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samoan

Pronoun

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  1. First person plural exclusive
    we (we, but not you)

See also

Samoan personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person aʻu, ʻou māʻua, (exclusive)
tāʻua, (inclusive)
mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person ʻoe, ʻe ʻoulua ʻoutou, tou
3rd person ia, na lāʻua lātou

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear PolynesianCategory:Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian#MĀTOUCategory:Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian#MĀTOU *ma-tou. Cognates include Hawaiian mākou and Samoan mātou.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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  1. we (exclusive)

See also

Tokelauan personal pronouns
independent singular dual plural
long short
1st person (exclusive) au, kita1 ki māua ki ki mātou
1st person (inclusive) ki tāua ki ki tātou
2nd person koe koulua koutou
3rd person ia ki lāua ki ki lātou
agentive clitic singular dual plural
1st person (exclusive) ki ki mātou
1st person (inclusive) ki ki tātou
2nd person koulua koutou
3rd person ia ki ki lātou

1) Sympathetic
Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase.

Tokelauan possessive pronouns
inalienable (O-type) singular dual plural
long short
1st person (exclusive) o oku, o kita1 o māua o o mātou
1st person (inclusive) o tāua o o tātou
2nd person o ōu, o koe o koulua o koutou
3rd person o ona o lāua o o lātou
alienable (A-type) singular dual plural
long short
1st person (exclusive) a aku, a kita1 a māua a a mātou
1st person (inclusive) a tāua a a tātou
2nd person a āu, a koe a koulua a koutou
3rd person a ana a lāua a a lātou

1) Sympathetic
Only the singular pronouns differ from the personal pronouns.

Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. toku, tota1 to māua to to mātou oku, ota1 o māua o o mātou
incl. to tāua to to tātou o tāua o o tātou
2nd person toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to to lātou ona o lāua o o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. taku, tata1 ta māua ta ta mātou aku, ata1 a māua a a mātou
incl. ta tāua ta ta tātou a tāua a a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta ta lātou ana a lāua a a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. hoku, hota1 ho māua ho ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1
ni o māua ni o ni o mātou
incl. ho tāua ho ho tātou ni o tāua ni o ni o tātou
2nd person houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. haku, hata1 ha māua ha ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1
ni a māua ni a ni a mātou
incl. ha tāua ha ha tātou ni a tāua ni a ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a ni a lātou

1) Sympathetic

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 230
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